Tom Petty's home town is open to ideas for the best way for Gainesville, FL to honor him. Petty fans can vote for the best of the ones selected from ones submitted so far or add another until April 16. They can be submitted through this link

We get tips about all kinds of collectibles becoming available. One of the more unique ones came our way recently. On April 12 in New York, Guernsey's Auction House will make available 50 doors to 50 rooms at the fabled Chelsea Hotel it has traced to having been lived in by a number of iconic figures, including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac, Humphrey Bogart, Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol and Mark Twain. The residential hotel has been closed since 2011 and is now under renovation with a planned reopening slated for 2019.
The doors will be on display at the Ricco/Maresca Gallery at 529 West 20th St. from April 5-11. The auction takes place on April 12. Opening bids are 5k for each.

Mike Mitchell's previously unpublished early Beatles photos have impressed appraisers so much they anticipate the 413 negatives will fetch a top bid of close to $350,000 during a March 24 auction being conducted by Omega Auctions. The valuation is based on the rarity of high quality, candid photos of the Beatles during their first US visits. Only 46 have been shown before. The collection includes pics of the four at pre-concert press sessions and on stage at their Washington, DC and Baltimore shows. One factor that makes them more unique is that the then 18 year old photographer took all of his shots without a flash.

Alice already had 7 albums out by 1974. His first released as a solo came out on March 11, 1975. The concept album revolving around a boy named Steven would lead to one of the most extensive tours to that point in rock history and featured Cooper backed by some members of Lou Reed's band.

The name Gary Burden might not be familiar, but chances are good you know and have albums he designed the covers of. They include these 4 and dozens more. He did plenty for Neil Young who, in remembering his friendship with Gary, wrote, "We probably made 40 covers. I lost count In the last twenty or so years, Gary worked alongside his talented wife, Jenice, at R. Twerk and Co, as we have continued on a life-time of making album covers, laughing, loving acoustic music and so many other things. My heart is heavy." Burden passed away at 84.

1971 Rolling Stones stage a farewell concert in London before moving to France as tax exiles… 1980 Def Leppard releases On Through The Night... 1984 First Hard Rock Café opens, New York City… 1982 Metallica makes live debut at Radio City in Anaheim, CA... 1984 Rainbow does last concert in Japan… 2005 U2, Pretenders, Buddy Guy inducted into Rock Hall Of Fame… 2010 Torrential rains cause partial collapsed of the stage just before the scheduled start of a Guns N Roses concert in Rio… 2016 Sony Music buys back the remaining stake in publishing rights to Beatles sons from the Michael Jackson estate for $750 million...